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The Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP, has today announced the appointment of Robert Ryans as a new member of the Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority Board. In the absence of Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive, this appointment was made under the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022.

Mr Ryans will take up the post on 12 February 2024.

Robert Ryans has extensive senior management experience in a highly competitive domain of the retail sector. He brings an in-depth knowledge of people development, strategic and financial planning and commercial and operational performance.

Details of body

The Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority is an Executive non-departmental public body (Executive NDPB) sponsored by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). It was established in 1973 under the Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 and the Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority Order (Northern Ireland) 1973 and has responsibility for the fishery harbours and harbour estates of Ardglass, Kilkeel and Portavogie.

Terms Of Appointment

• The member role requires approximately 16-18 days per annum.
• The appointment is for a four-year term.
• The Member position is remunerated at 5,099 per annum.

Regulation

The procedure for these appointments is designed to adhere to the Code of Practice issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland. This means that the process will be based on merit after a fair, open and transparent process that involves independent scrutiny. A copy of the code can be found at: https://www.publicappointmentsni.org/

Political Activity

All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. However, the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland requires the political activity of appointees to be published. The appointee has declared they have had no political activity in the last 5 years.

Notes to editors

1. The NIFHA was added by Statutory Instrument to the Northern Ireland Executive Formation Act 2022 on 11 July 2023.

2. Media queries should be directed to the DAERA press office: pressoffice.group@daera-ni.gov.uk or phone 02890 524619.

3. The Executive Information Service operates an out of hours service for media enquiries only between 1800 hrs and 0800 hrs Monday to Friday and at weekends and public holidays. The duty press officer can be contacted on 028

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